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Ancient history is the study of the written past from the beginning of recorded human history to the Early Middle Ages. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, with Cuneiform script, the oldest discovered form of coherent writing, from the protoliterate period around the 30th century BC. This is the beginning of history, as opposed to prehistory, according to the definition used by most historians.
The term classical antiquity is often used to refer to history in the Old World from the beginning of recorded Greek history in 776 BC (First Olympiad). This roughly coincides with the traditional date of the founding of Rome in 753 BC, the beginning of the history of ancient Rome, and the beginning of the Archaic period in Ancient Greece. Although the ending date of ancient history is disputed, some Western scholars use the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD, the closure of the Platonic Academy in 529 AD, the death of the emperor Justinian I, the coming of Islam or the rise of Charlemagne as the end of ancient and Classical European history.
With my cards on the table
She could see the light
My efforts went wasted due to falling night
And I know
By the end of the evening
I was in no doubt of all the things
That you could live without
Now, I know
I drag up ancient history
Hope that they'll forgive me
They had nothing but ego's
But they multiply
All the reasons that I would try
That I know
To be making it harder to be seen but, oh
Is it too much to ask for to be left alone?
Yeah, I know
I drag up ancient history
Hope that they'll forgive me
I drag up ancient history
Hope that they'll forgive me
Lay my cards on the table
She could see the light
My efforts went wasted due to falling night
And I know
I drag up ancient history
Hope that they'll forgive me
I drag up ancient history
Hope that they'll forgive me
Margaret Hammond
Hemorrhaged in the Merrie City
Margaret Hammond
Died in the Merrie City
Margaret Hammond
Hemorrhaged in the Merrie City
Margaret Hammond
Died in the Merrie City
Margaret Hammond
Hemorrhaged in the Merrie City
Margaret Hammond